It’s time to put the legislation on the floor and let the chips fall where they may.
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In Ohio, a Special Congressional Race Might Test the Trump Effect
Mike Carey is running with the former president’s stamp of approval. It’s not yet clear whether that will help him or hurt him.
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Democrats Need Something Big to Run On. Why Don’t Manchin and Sinema Get That?
The close Virginia governor’s race is a warning: If the Dems want to hold on to power, they have to deliver.
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Kyrsten Sinema’s Lasting Legacy for Women
The Arizona senator is making it harder, not easier, to elect more females to Congress.
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Democrats Should Pass the Build Back Better Act
There’s enough in there for every Democrat to claim a victory and fight another day. They’d be crazy to blow it—which is why they probably won’t.
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Glenn Youngkin’s Cheerful Culture War
The Virginia Republican wants you to think he’ll end our divisions. He won’t, but his soft-sell might propel him to the governor’s mansion.
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Why Trump Backers Fear the Socialist Who May Become Buffalo’s Next Mayor
GOP real estate developers are financing the incumbent to stop India Walton’s historic rise. Can they defeat the AOC of Lake Erie?
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The Fatal Flaw in Donald Trump’s Claims of Executive Privilege
Congress’s interest in pursuing the truth of January 6 outweighs Trump’s interest in confidentiality.
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The VA Is Ripe for Right-Wing Attacks. Here’s How Biden Can Stop Them.
The president needs to appoint an undersecretary for health who can build on the revolution that remade the agency in the 1990s.
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Why the ACLU Is Right, and Glenn Greenwald Is Wrong, on Schools Addressing Transgender Students
Virginia mandates that public school teachers call students by their preferred pronouns. The civil liberties group defends the law, while the combative journalist says it violates their free speech.
